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IIFA Award for Best Director
International Indian Film Academy Award
International Indian Film Academy Award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | IIFA Award for Best Director |
| awarded_for | "Excellence in cinematic direction achievement" |
| presenter | International Indian Film Academy |
| image | Kiran Rao on Day 3 of Lakme Fashion Week 2017.jpg |
| caption | The 2025 recipient: Kiran Rao |
| country | India |
| year | 2000 (for direction in films released during the 1999 film season) |
| holder | Kiran Rao |
| Laapataa Ladies (2025) | |
| website | iifa.com |
the award category
Laapataa Ladies (2025)
The IIFA Award for Best Director is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. The nominations for the category are given by the film fraternity. Sanjay Leela Bhansali has 4 and Rajkumar Hirani has 3 awards. Rakesh Roshan and Ashutosh Gowariker have the most wins with 2 awards.
Multiple wins
| Wins | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 4 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali |
| 3 | Rajkumar Hirani |
| 2 | Rakesh Roshan, Ashutosh Gowariker |
Awards
The winners are listed below:-
| Year | Director | Film | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | ||||
| 2001 | Rakesh Roshan | ||||
| 2002 | Ashutosh Gowarikar | ||||
| 2003 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | ||||
| 2004 | Rakesh Roshan | ||||
| 2005 | Yash Chopra | ||||
| 2006 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | ||||
| 2007 | Rajkumar Hirani | ||||
| 2008 | Shimit Amin | ||||
| 2009 | Ashutosh Gowarikar | ||||
| 2010 | Rajkumar Hirani | ||||
| 2011 | Karan Johar | ||||
| 2012 | Zoya Akhtar | ||||
| 2013 | Anurag Basu | ||||
| 2014 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | ||||
| 2015 | Rajkumar Hirani | ||||
| 2016 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | ||||
| 2017 | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | ||||
| 2018 | Saket Chaudhary | ||||
| 2019 | Sriram Raghavan | ||||
| 2020 | Aditya Dhar | ||||
| AWARDS NOT HELD DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC | |||||
| 2022 | Vishnuvardhan | ||||
| 2023 | R. Madhavan | ||||
| 2024 | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ||||
| 2025 | Kiran Rao |
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